Popularity ranking · South Africa

The 100 most popular Folks in South Africa

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest folks in South Africa, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 153 folks tracked in South Africa, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Bob Dylan, Crosby, Stills & Nash and Cat Stevens lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 144k people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 3.5k, and the largest, Bob Dylan, reaches around 92k people in South Africa. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with each folk, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across South Africa and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in South Africa who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in South Africa. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in South Africa, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in South Africa. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
26 Steven Curtis Chapman 1.6k 41.2 55.4% Folk
27 Burl Ives 1.4k 47.0 64.8% Folk
28 Corvus Corax 1.3k 40.3 46.2% Folk
29 Scott Kelly 1.2k 43.6 48.8% Folk
30 Matt Maher 1.1k 40.2 67.7% Folk
31 Caamp 988 41.2 51.1% Folk
32 Sons of the East 962 37.0 59.9% Folk
33 Whitley 843 38.2 55.7% Folk
34 Reinhard Mey 830 51.4 46.1% Folk
35 Sherine Abdel-Wahab 824 33.4 67.5% Folk
36 Volkan Konak 779 43.7 52.7% Folk
37 Kathy Kelly 668 44.5 71.2% Folk
38 Hazlett 599 37.0 58.7% Folk
39 Bert Jansch 533 57.2 22.8% Folk
40 Blanco White 533 39.7 55.0% Folk
41 Joshua James (folk singer) 520 43.2 47.3% Folk
42 Lingua Ignota 519 40.2 24.6% Folk
43 Ferdi Tayfur 517 44.5 35.8% Folk
44 Myrkur 478 39.9 52.7% Folk
45 Tall Heights 461 38.3 50.3% Folk
46 Julie Fowlis 454 52.0 53.6% Folk
47 Vicente Fernández 418 23.6 44.4% Folk
48 Ceca (singer) 408 35.5 51.1% Folk
49 Allison Russell 384 50.8 55.5% Folk
50 Christy Moore 376 46.5 44.6% Folk

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular folks compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across South Africa and ranks each folk by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest folk in South Africa?

Bob Dylan currently leads with an estimated audience of 92k people in South Africa.

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